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l loved my job,but had to leave for health reasons - l was a support worker for adults with learning difficulties:o(((( jude sarf wales

I work in I.T as a Business Systems Design Analyst. Working probably 85% of the time from home, some say how good that is!! but I find I feel cut off from people/life and quite often just get in the car and drive somewhere..anywhere.. just to get interaction after hours of looking at a screen. I tend to work about 15 hours a day.. minimum, and till all hours of the morning. I like the job though i have been made redundant 3 times whilst working in the I.T Industry. At the end of the day.. It's a job. But if i could choose .. I would love to be a park ranger in the wilds of Canada or the USA. ... now ya talkin!! ;-)

Andy - 15 hours a day - yer must be mad lol Thank you all for sharing stories and your advice. I have found a job for a trainee social worker that I am going to complete an application for tonight - it's a start! Jack x

i love my job too ! and the boss is great- cos its me, lol.

go for it jack ! i had a job before my present one that i hated ! i so wish i had changed jobs years ago. hubby has just left a job he despised, he is now doing something completely different. its more money, shorter hours, and... he loves it ! go for it, and let us know how you get on ! good luck ! sue [ who lives in dewsbury !]

Thanks Sue. I'm all fired up for filling in the application when I get home. We'll have to have a mini meet sometime, there seems to be quite a few of us close by in West Yorkshire! Jack x

If you had asked me this i would of said no! Now, however, I work in a new office with new people and I love it! Sorry

I used to love my job, but i bloody hate it now. I used to be the Buyer and then when i eventually got promoted to Purchasing manager (after 8 years), they decided that they didn't need a buying department and moved me into Sales. My boss is the biggest pillock in the world......oh, and he supports Arsenal. c x

Jack i believe that they now pay student Social Workers a Bursery. They do in Hertfordshire anyway. You can earn while you learn. Good Luck.

Love it - am dealing with wills, epas and elderly client matters took a while to get to the right firm but here i am hevi

happy with my job but not very happy with working with management.alot of bitching going on.i am there to work not to listen to idle gossip.sorry jack had to moanxxxxxx):

Jack Go on get that form filled in and sent off. Also have a look for the Council Job list in your local library,It could also have trainee social workers in it. Don't be like me stuck in a dead end job that i don't mind it's just the people I work with I hate. Hope to be getting out of this job in next 2 months. Sue

Jack I work in a school - used to work as a librarian for a large charity, got v. fed up with the office politics. The main perk of my job now is that I work 1:1 or with small groups of children some of the time, which is sometimes rewarding and sometimes frustrating. I also work term-time which means I get the school holidays which is a big plus. But I am getting disillusioned and would also like something that paid better. But I also want a day off a week to go to records offices!!!!!!! Good luck with your application! nell

Hi Jack Like Nell, I work in a school - as the Administrator. The downside is obviously the pay, but the holidays and fitting it round your children certainly makes up for it. I've been in the job for 12 years now, and despite being diagnosed with ME, was determined to keep going as I thought that it would be good for me to have company and something to keep my brain ticking over. I love the job - because of the enormous variety of tasks, no two days are ever the same .. and now there's a great big 'BUT' coming. Due to financial constraints, plus the recent Government initiative to give teachers a proper 'work/life balance', the school can't afford to take on an additional member of admin staff. I haven't had a lunch break for at least 5 years because I hate the thought of going home at the end of the day with work still outstanding. I've now been off work sick for 7 weeks and continuing. I just can't cope with the huge amount of work being generated for me, and until I was signed off, I hadn't had a proper night's sleep for 3 months. The ME has been compounded by depression and anxiety, and I feel a complete failure for not being able to cope with the job any more (even though deep down I know it's not really my fault). Sorry Jack - but you did ask lol! My SIL retrained as a Social Worker and qualified two years ago - she loves the job and get immense job satisfaction. Just before Christmas, my brother gave up 18 years of lorry driving to become a carer for adults with learning difficulties - and his face lights up when he talks about his job (in fact, he even says it doesn't feel like 'work'!). Go for it - and I wish you every success! Mandy :)

I really really love my job - I am a Garden Designer.I went back to college for three years and have my diplomas.So I offer a qualified service. I meet nice people- the clients I think are going to be difficult when I meet them first of all I drop quickly.I don't need them. If you want to change tracks you have to be prepared to go for it.I studied part time to get my qualifications Rose

Jack I had/have the best job in the world in the world but a month ago realised that I had spent 10 years listening to colleagues whinging and whining. At a meeting where they were still going on after 2 1/2 hours, I thought I have had enough!. For the next week I thought about my options, to stay in a well paid but negative atmosphere, or jump off the cliff and join my partner in his IT security awareness business, knowing a/ he has too much work to cope with on his own and b/ there is not enough to pay me much, if anything, yet. I talked about it with him and was told in no uncertain terms it was my decision to make and not one he was going to make for me. I gave my notice in 2 days later and feel like the weight of the world has been lifted. I came home that day to a huge bunch of flowers thanking me for 'jumping off the cliff' and making the decision on my own. Our standard of life may change in the short term, but the knowledge that I will be working for 'us' and having a better working environment out weighs that. I'm on my last 2 days of notice period and am breaking my neck to be free. Every time I think about what I am doing a smile comes over me. That feeling on it's own is worth the jump! Deborah

i luv my job i work in the baby unit of a nursery i hav lots of job satisfaction only bad thing is the pay is rubish !!!

I'm a Classroom Asst now, so love the School Holidays! But really miss being a buyer in Military Aircraft, loved that job, if I could get back into it I would tomorrow. Kim

love my job, i am a driver delivering around west and central scotland, five day week, meeting people, just great.

don't get me started on this